Thursday 14th July 2011
I am glad you are enjoying you science work Levi, I also found it interesting that the orange wasnt the one with the highest vitamin c. Keep up the good work. Dad
Friday 1st July 2011
Science Fair Marking Term 2 2011 ☒ Not achieved ☑Achieved☑☑Advanced
Scientific Process and Background: ☑☑Clear aim/hypothesis carried through ☑☑Method, accurate experimentation ☑☑Accurate experimentation, controls, variables, repetitions ☑Results clear, accurate, include appropriate data ☑Conclusions are in line with aim/hypothesis ☑Results are interpreted and discussed (conclusion)
Technical Skill: ☑☑Design of the experiment ☑☑Use of apparatus and materials
Originality: ☑☑Imaginative/creative ideas ☑☑New/Unusual application in science
Presentation of Display: ☑☑Colour/form/clarity/graphics ☑☑Innovative appeal
Log Book: ☒Authentic ongoing record with raw data included ☑Has supporting documentation, bibliography, acknowledgements
Teacher Comment:
Wow! A very brightly presented science fair Levi! Suits the topic very well. Did you come up with idea yourself or did you get it from a book? This is a very technical topic. Great to see you carried out your experiment more than once to ensure your results were accurate and not a fluke. I am surprised with your results - I would have thought an orange would have had the most vitamin c, just like you did. Great to see that you carried out some research into vitamin C and why we need it in our bodies but I would have liked to have known why Green Pepper has more vitamin C in it. You needed to discuss your results a bit more in your conclusion as well as include your scientific explanation in it.
Student Comment:
I think I did my science fair pretty good. I had a fun time doing this experiment. It also was fun spray painting my board bright orange. I got this idea out of a science book from the library. If I was to do this science fair again I would go further with my results in it.
Science reflection 4/5/11
Today I did science because it is science week and we got to go around doing 25 different mini experiments my favourite one was the static electricity one with the balloon. You had to rub the ballon on your head to make the static electricity and then you would hover it over the little circle paper things and if you did it right the little circles would come on to the ballon but it only works if you clean hair and it worked because the static electricity was on the balloon from when you rubbed it on your head and then it made the circles come onto the balloon. Science reflection 13/5/11
We went into the science lab to do some experiments. We had 5 substances that we had to identify. To identify them we had to do a few tests. The first thing that we needed to do was make a hypothesis. My group thought that substance A baking soda B was icing sugar C was salt D was cream of tarter and E was cornflour. We had to put vinegar into the experiments because when you put vinegar into them they have different reactions for (e.g) baking soda fizzes and cream of tarter turns black. In the end none of our hypothesis was right except for one which was salt. All of my groups results were correct with substance A B C D and E
18/5/11
WALT - Identify and group fingerprints into 3 main categories : arch, loop and whorl
AIM - To identify your own fingerprints out of an arch, loop and whorl.
HYPOTHESIS I think my finger prints are .loop..and..whirl..... I think this because .i.looked..at..my...fingers..before
EQUIPMENT Pencil, paper, sticky tape and magnifying glass
METHOD 1. rub the side of a pencil lead back and fourth on a sheet of paper to build up the black area large enough to take 10 prints. 2.Press one of your fingertips firmly onto the black. Place the sticky side of a piece of tape over your fingertip. (You may need a friend to help you with this.) 3.Tape the print to the correct location on the fingerprint form. 4. Using the magnifying glass compare your prints to the pictures above and try to label them as either arches, loops or whorls.
I am glad you are enjoying you science work Levi, I also found it interesting that the orange wasnt the one with the highest vitamin c. Keep up the good work. Dad
Friday 1st July 2011
Science Fair Marking Term 2 2011
☒ Not achieved ☑Achieved☑☑Advanced
Scientific Process and Background:
☑☑Clear aim/hypothesis carried through
☑☑Method, accurate experimentation
☑☑Accurate experimentation, controls, variables, repetitions
☑Results clear, accurate, include appropriate data
☑Conclusions are in line with aim/hypothesis
☑Results are interpreted and discussed (conclusion)
Technical Skill:
☑☑Design of the experiment
☑☑Use of apparatus and materials
Originality:
☑☑Imaginative/creative ideas
☑☑New/Unusual application in science
Presentation of Display:
☑☑Colour/form/clarity/graphics
☑☑Innovative appeal
Log Book:
☒Authentic ongoing record with raw data included
☑Has supporting documentation, bibliography, acknowledgements
Teacher Comment:
Wow! A very brightly presented science fair Levi! Suits the topic very well. Did you come up with idea yourself or did you get it from a book? This is a very technical topic. Great to see you carried out your experiment more than once to ensure your results were accurate and not a fluke. I am surprised with your results - I would have thought an orange would have had the most vitamin c, just like you did. Great to see that you carried out some research into vitamin C and why we need it in our bodies but I would have liked to have known why Green Pepper has more vitamin C in it. You needed to discuss your results a bit more in your conclusion as well as include your scientific explanation in it.
Student Comment:
I think I did my science fair pretty good. I had a fun time doing this experiment. It also was fun spray painting my board bright orange. I got this idea out of a science book from the library. If I was to do this science fair again I would go further with my results in it.
Science reflection
4/5/11
Today I did science because it is science week and we got to go around doing 25 different mini
experiments my favourite one was the static electricity one with the balloon. You had to rub the ballon on your
head to make the static electricity and then you would hover it over the little circle paper things and if you did it right the
little circles would come on to the ballon but it only works if you clean hair and it worked because the static
electricity was on the balloon from when you rubbed it on your head and then it made the circles come onto the balloon.
Science reflection
13/5/11
We went into the science lab to do some experiments. We had 5 substances that we had to identify. To identify them we had to do a few tests. The first thing that we needed to do was make a hypothesis. My group thought that substance A baking soda B was icing sugar C was salt D was cream of tarter and E was cornflour. We had to put vinegar into the experiments because when you put vinegar into them they have different reactions for (e.g) baking soda fizzes and cream of tarter turns black. In the end none of our hypothesis was right except for one which was salt.
All of my groups results were correct with substance A B C D and E
18/5/11
WALT - Identify and group fingerprints into 3 main categories : arch, loop and whorl
AIM - To identify your own fingerprints out of an arch, loop and whorl.
HYPOTHESIS I think my finger prints are .loop..and..whirl..... I think this because .i.looked..at..my...fingers..before
EQUIPMENT Pencil, paper, sticky tape and magnifying glass
METHOD
1. rub the side of a pencil lead back and fourth on a sheet of paper to build up the black area large enough to take 10 prints.
2.Press one of your fingertips firmly onto the black. Place the sticky side of a piece of tape over your fingertip. (You may need a friend to help you with this.)
3.Tape the print to the correct location on the fingerprint form.
4. Using the magnifying glass compare your prints to the pictures above and try to label them as either arches, loops or whorls.
20/5/11
My fingerprints